$25,000
Serial number 01814549 - Gibson Special Supreme, custom made and hand painted with a portrait of Les Paul on the body. Custom headstock logo, super 400 inlays. This guitar was presented to Paul on stage during his 90th Birthday tribute concert held on June 19, 2005 at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The side of the guitar is hand painted with a timeline of Paul's life and accomplishments reading in full, "Les Paul, the Legend and the Legacy, Fat Tuesday, NYC, 1977 Grammy, Chester and Lester, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1948 Lover, Mary Ford, Goldtop, How High the Moon?, 1951 Billboard's "Vaya Con Dias" Nov, 1953 Metronome, Sunny Joe Wolverton Scalawags, Pie Plant Pete, Waukesha Wisconsin, Clunkers, Rhubarb Red, L5 Archtop ES300, Fred Waring show, The Log, 1941 Jimmy Atkins, Bing Crosby and the Andrew Sisters 1943, 1944 Chicago Musical Instrument Company." Categories: Les Paul
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2012-06-08